EMBS Engineering has been engaged by one of the UK's leading employers to recruit a new Quality Department which is due to 'go live' in the next 12 weeks. Located in Derby, this organisation has won one of the largest contracts in its history, which will be making the headlines in the weeks to come!

Offering a truly exciting and challenging opportunity, our Client is continuing its plan to implementing world class quality standards from day one and is looking for a Director of Quality and Engineering to establish and lead this function.

With exceptional budgets and significant investment this is an incredibly rare opportunity that will be transformative for the company and the post holder.

The company operates heavily within the aerospace industry and works with some of the world's leading OEM's.

The Quality Engineering Director will lead a team to develop, implement and maintain technical quality assurance and control systems and activities. This role will actively facilitate improvement in new product development, continuous improvement activities and quality initiatives as well as manufacturing processes to ensure quality and reliability requirements are well defined, understood and integrated in to the engineering activities.

This is a highly strategic role that will draw from all aspects of your quality / engineering experience. It will be suited to an individual who has already established themselves within the Senior Leadership / Management Team and will be used to operating at board level.

Given the enormity and scale of the growth planned we are looking for someone who has been part of an organisation that has grown rapidly. An individual who has the capabilities to implement tried and tested manufacturing methodologies, people management and leadership skills and industry leading knowledge of quality and engineering practices.

Please note, given the profile of the client and the staggering growth planned this position is not for the faint hearted!!!

Salary levels are circa £90,000 alongside generous benefits but the role and opportunity can offer the post holder significant wider value in terms of personal development leading to a board level positions.

Love a mix of strategy, operations, R&D, leadership and customer interaction. Call the EMBS Engineering team for more details. While Aerospace experience is preferred it is not essential.

For more information, please get in touch with the Engineering team here at EMBS and speak with either James Hall or Simon Bucknell / 851534